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Chai Society / Hillel
Calendar of Events
Fall 2006 
 
 
 
This academic year’s 2nd Annual Jewish Culture Series is titled “American Jewish Life Today”. We are proud to present leaders in areas of vital interest to American Jewry.
 
 

September 12, 2006                           New Hillel Office Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

                                                             7:30 p.m., Union Building – 2nd Floor

 

September 12, 2006                          Jewish Culture Series Kick-Off Lecture

Richard Marker, Senior Fellow in Philanthropy, George Heyman Jr., Center for Philanthropy, NYU

Lecture: American Jewish Philanthropy

“Anarchists or Visionaries: The New Jewish Philanthropists” at 8:00 p.m., Spiro Communications Hall, Room 5

Co-sponsored by ACE (Academic & Cultural Enrichment)

 

September 15, 2006                          Chai Society -- High Holiday Lunch & Learn

                                                            Rabbi Abraham Unger

                                                            12:00 p.m., Union Building, 4th Floor Conference Room

 

September 22, 2006                           Rosh HaShanah Eve Service

Officiant: Rabbi Abraham Unger

3:30 p.m., Kairos House Chapel

 

September 22, 2006                           Hillel Students’ Rosh Hashanah Eve

                                                             Holiday Dinner                                                          

                                                            6:30 p.m., Location: TBD

 

October 1, 2006                                  Yom Kippur Eve Service

                                                            Officiant: Rabbi Abraham Unger

                                                            3:30 p.m., Kairos House Chapel

 

 

October 2, 2006                                  Hillel Students’ Yom Kippur Break-Fast

                                                             7:30 p.m., Location: TBD

 

October 5, 2006                                  Hillel Students’ Sukkah – Building Party

                                                             Time & Location TBD

                                                           

 

October 11, 2006                                Special Event, First Annual Kaufman – Repage Lecture

Joel Kotkin, noted urban analyst, author and journalist

                                                             Lecture on “The City and its Future”

                                                            7:30 p.m., Spiro Communications Hall, Room 2

 

October 17, 2006                               Jewish Culture Series Lecture

                                                            Lecture: “Banality of Good”

                                                            Rescuers in Italy at the time of persecution

Moderated by Senator Seymour Lachman (Ret.)

                                                            6:00 p.m. at The Center for Jewish History

15 West 16th Street, New York City

                                                            Co-sponsored by Wagner College,

                                                            The Center for Jewish History and The

                                                            Consulate General of Italy

                                                            RSVP Betty McComiskey at 718.420.4014

                                                            e-mail emccomis@wagner.edu

 

November 14, 2006                            Hillel Student Dinner with Chai Society Members

                                                            7:00 p.m., Faculty Dining Room, Union Building

 

November 14, 2006                            Jewish Culture Series Lecture                                                                                                                                   Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb,

                                                            Executive Vice President Orthodox Union

                                                            “On The Boundary of Three Worlds:

                                                            American Orthodoxy Confronts 21st                                                                                                                                     Century America

                                                            8:00p.m, Spiro Communications Hall, Room 5

Co-sponsored by ACE (Academic & Cultural Enrichment)

 

November 30, 2006                            Dinner And A Show

                                                            The Dance Concert Featuring The Glass Slipper

                                                            6:00 p.m., Dinner Faculty Dining Room

            8:00 p.m., Theatre Performance Main Hall

Auditorium

 

December 1, 2006                              Chai Society -- Chanukah Lunch & Learn

                                                            Rabbi Abraham Unger, 12:00 p.m., Union Building,

                                                            4th  Floor Conference Room

 

To make a reservation for the Seymour Lachman Lecture

e-mail emccomis@wagner.edu

 

For all other events on Chai Society Calendar, please RSVP by e-mail to RSVP@wagner.edu

 

 
 
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